The price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline fell 1 cent in Rhode Island, and 2 cents in Massachusetts this week, matching lows last reached for both states in July 2004, AAA Northeast said Monday.
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Rhode Island’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 5.5 percent, an increase of one-tenth of a percentage point from May, according to data released by the R.I. Department of Labor and Training on Thursday.
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Why did you select your profession? It was a family business. My father wouldn't let me work for him right out of college. He wanted me to work for someone else first so I would appreciate being my own boss. After working in the corporate world for …
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What is your favorite Rhode Island escape or hobby? I competitively race my Stohr F-1000. It has taken me all over the country competing at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, to Watkins Glen in New York, and everywhere in between.
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The state’s workforce development partnership with Electric Boat – Pipelines to Manufacturing Careers in Ship Building – will feature post-hiring training opportunities through the New England Institute of Technology, Community College of Rhode Island and Westerly Higher Education and Job Skills Center, creating new opportunities for those interested in a marine trades career.
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Volkswagen AG is facing new lawsuits by New York and at least two other states over the environmental damage caused by devices designed to help the carmaker’s diesel vehicles cheat pollution-control tests.
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